The engine, as well as the seats and gauge cluster came from a write-off wreck, apparently. Hello Kitty seat cushions were extra.

Don’t forget the police light and boxy Pioneer speakers.

Almost every zokusha styling cue has been thrown at this Suzuki Alto. A huge box fender and wing job, slick racing tyres, fake chin-mount oil-cooler, truck indicators, a front grille stolen from a Mercedes Benz and a turbo engine conversion. The front headlights have been replaced with something random from another car, with a pair Alto turbo fenders matched up with the naturally-aspirated bonnet.

More bamboo-spike exhausts. For anyone who is trying to copy this style, please note the diameter of the pipe, the angle of the pipe, and how the pipe is cut at an angle at the exhaust end. I’ve never seen a zokusha-style exhaust in a country outside of Japan done right yet, and it’s not that hard.

The roof and floor of the interior are trimmed in astroturf. Of course, there’s a little tray for your special ladyfriend’s shoes.

Untended cars in Japan return to nature pretty quickly.

This rare 1972 Subaru R-2 wasn’t as bad as it looked.

I asked Daisuke to show me his widest, lowest offset wheel. The result did not disappoint.

Of course, a random Brabus Merc was just sitting there, minding its own business, covered in fibreglass flares.

All of these photos were taken quite a while ago, so I have no idea what Daisuke is up to these days. I’ve completely forgotten how to get to his workshop too, so it’s time to dig through that pile of business cards I have somewhere.

yeah, I remember this. Pretty interesting place to check out Im sure. It always excites me to find shops like this that have all this great stuff and yet its treated like crap. It makes for some great finds though…

@Fury-S12 When I saw that picture I immediately thought the Nissan Crew had to be the counterpart of the Toyota Comfort and indeed I was right: the Crew is specially made for Japan only to serve as a taxi.

Wow, articles like this and the JCCA one are just too much for me, amazing work. I don’t know if there’s something wrong with me but I’m way more interested in oddball backwater shops full of moldy, dusty, forgotten treasure than the glitzy big dollar TAS style stuff that everyone else seems to cover. Keep it up!